crispin's comment

man, i totally got one up--ed. ol'crispy glover had some wonderful costume ideas for the tall one. i don't think young white foot will go as anything other than drunk elvis, though. it has taken him a month to grow some side burns. we got the black spray. i guess we are still missing the telltale elvis suit. so i'll keep working on him. see what i can do. and i'll get on the photos as soon as there is something new to photograph. and also what are the hott pockets going as this year? rock em sock em robops? if so my money is on that hott mamonster, and little dusty junior. that battle for world domination could be brutal. let us know.

all to avoid studying

i will sometimes go to great lengths to get out of studying, but this weekend may have hit a new low. saturday, i gave dust the car. that way i would have no excuse not to study. the neighbors started the saturday morning pounding at 9:30. i was up. so i start to study. i studied for a few hours. then i did four loads of laundry, walked to the safeway and bought the makings for new cakes. brown sugar toasted pecan with caramel for frosting. the frosting took two tries to get it right. but they are good. we saw where the wild things are this weekend. i cried. we froze some yummy corn. and we danced the night away to brother ali et al in the city. all in all it was not such a bad weekend. i think i have ordered everything to be a convincing dr girlfriend. so i think i am ready for the week. now about those two tests on tuesday...

back to normal.

i am back to school. the week off was well needed and way to fast. monday and tuesday of this week went by in a blur. homework day one. what did you expect? tomorrow we have off. so does dust. so we are going to visit my brother and his wee one, emma drew langford. also i bought her sunglasses and made some little cakes shaped like ghosts. not bad for being a full time student. i think i also told you dust and i are now californians. we took the tests for licences and passed. ( me--100%, him--minus 2--ha ha! making me the victor!) i should give an update of the tiny, tiny house. we are making it work. it is not comfy for us both to be in the kitchen at once, but every other room we can be in together (there's only a living room and a bedroom and bathroom, but we are making it work.) dust said we may not have to move again for the two years we are here. that is scary to me because a few times now my commute has been more than an hour from here. and we all know i am no morning person. so. the idea that i should get up earlier than my 5:55 wake up call, is just mean. but so far dust has not suggested that i should do that. so things are good. this quarter looks a little less grueling than last. that is a relief. i have classes with natalie (my upbeat vietnamese friend) and that helps. she is so pumped on everything, that i forget how burnt out this whole thing can make me. i am going to go finish the pink book i started over break (really it is a nice minty green, but it is written by a lady who wrote a few pink books. so i thought i would go green.) also the big, biG, bIG, BIG news at our tiny tiny house is that kelvin got a visa. kristin and he will get to live together happily ever after, i know. i know how happy this must make her. i only lost my honey for a month, and i was losing my mind, so a year and a half... she is better than me. i know i could and would not be able to put myself through that. but love makes us do some crazy things. so good on her for waiting. i know it will be worth the wait. so yippee. we get kelvinito back. and this time for good. ahh. dustin is once again the hermano blanco. as he should be with those feet. and kelvin coming to vermont just in time for winter. poor guy. but i am so happy he will be there. finally!

photo montage (or photo montag for the infamous heidi)

you know it is summer when stinx's white feet come out. don't they look glorious. sparkling white feet.
today marks the end of an era. six years with vt tags. now we are real californians. well tomorrow we will be when i get to take the written test. i guess right now only our car is a californian.

that is right. we are up to no good. we are the "no goodnicks."

this is why your mama tells you not to drink car bombs for breakfast. what were we thinking? i don't care who's birthday wish it was, its just wrong.
ahh the birthday boy himself. still drinking. way to go, champ.


see, everyone looks hot in a hotdog hat.

return of "the good wife."

ahhhh. i can finally breathe. i am on a week long break, and already i have done more than i did since rob and quinn's wedding weekend. it started thursday afternoon. i finally slept. (i hit my coma). and i still managed to wake up in time to go for dinner with dust at Rudy's can't fail. while there i enjoyed a delicious chocolate malt and some yummy tofu rancheros. friday began like any other first friday of break. a boy from my school was playing sloshball in golden gate park (it is also called kegball---you play kickball with an over sized ball and a keg.) in college there were kickball leagues and some friends of mine and i always played. so i figured since i sat the first two quarters out, i should go. i wrangled melissa in, and we were off to the park at 11. by noon we had cups and by one the games were on. i can't say our performance was stellar (we lost most of the games we played), but we were loud and people loved us--as they do. when we left in the mid afternoon, to go to the fluevog store, people still playing were bummed. that was a nice thing. ( i firmly believe you should always leave people wanting more of your presence.) we got some sweet shoes and then met up with mike cilley and his bartending friend. we drank ourselves silly again and then went home on the last bart. it was a long, but fun day. i was thankful saturday morning to have drank a ton of water in addition to my adult beverages. i woke up early and made lunch for dust and i and some cupcakes for his work. dust and i had lunch and he delivered the cortcakes to his working friends. then i came home and cleaned the bathroom and watched a ton of Kortney and Khloe something something in Miami. it was great. today, we started celebrating the two year anniversary. (last week it was seven together, now two married--as of tuesday). his gift to me was to take me to great america. we rode roller coasters with our friend forrest all day long. the only bummer was that funnel cakes were 6.99! so we got to go to sev-elev for slurpees instead. this was a nice touch because before we ever started dating dust and i would walk from his house in the middle of the night to the sev-elev by him and split a slurpee before i went home. and y'all thought we only drank adult beverages. so icees it was. we came home and barbecued. i do love break. tomorrow we go to the monterey bay aquarium to see the sea horse exhibit. i am so excited. we convinced our friend brain (henceforth referred to as brain) to come with us. he has wanted to go, so why not now. it should be really great. the trip to the seahorses is what my poppadaddy got me for my birthday. i think i will love it. i have been planning my outfit all night so that i look nice in the pictures we send him. that is right. i am planning how good i look. :) then on the big day (tuesday) i get a haircut and dust is going to let me go with him while he shops for new jeans and shorts and "fall shoes." i will admit that i love shopping for myself, but it is almost as gratifying seeing my honey in some fall must haves. i asked if we could go to nordstroms. he is not ready for that, but we'll keep working. this is, after all, only our second year married. but what a year.

the update

there are a few things you should know.
when i last wrote, dust was coming home soon. he has been back for three weeks now. i went home to arkansas. tomorrow we go back to vermont for the wedding we have been waiting for for what seems like years and lifetimes. i am so excited. i had a three week break. we went to yosemite. i was cake decorator and photographer (with my friend teja) for our friends' sandy and jt's wedding. that was a trip. melissa's dad was in town. we found out claudia is going back to boston. we got 1 million fans on rock band. we looked at a cute little place across town for when we have to move. i started back to school yesterday. in a nutshell that is it. oh. our car got hit. but it will get fixed. we got cable. i think that is it. i will include pictures.

tuns out we weren't the only wildlife in the park. we saw bears and squirrells and birds and deer. it was crazy. and it was our first nature vacation. go figure.


this is sandy and her partner, JT. sandy goes to school with me. she was my research tutor. ( i got an A this time. thanks sandy!)

this is Anjeannette, and teja (tey'ya is the white girl with the apron on.) between them and sandy, they are my favorite three at school. that anjeanette goes to the club with us. she is the funniest. she is like my little sister. and teja is our mom. (if my mom was a month younger than me.) but they all love a stiff drink and a little rock band occasionally, and the three of those ladies are three of the strongest, most supportive women, i have ever met. i am lucky to have so many strong, supportive ladies in my life. ( i sound like i am kissing up, but only a few of y'all will read this blog anyway, so it is mostly for me.) and that is the cake we made. it fed 60 people. and sandy and jt have more than 700 pictures to commemorate their day. pretty sweet.
this is why i am escited to go back to vermont.

maybe some stomp rocket and rock band at the hott pockets.

see the happy family, and meet the newest nunz. i can't wait to see this little guy. i will one day buy him a lot of candy and ice cream. then i will drive him home. HA HA. maybe don't let me babysit. atleast until he gets teeth. gotta chew the candy.


include abby and karen abel in here. and i just can't wait to see the ladies at the farm. and sarah waldo.

and eat cake... oh i mean, and see the yack. :)

and we go to the other wedding of the century. sorry i didn't have a fitting photo of rob. hopefully i have a few when we return. i hear there is talk of getting him tattooed in boston. although i know it won't happen, a girl can dream. and quinn, look how far that dress has come. :)
i can't wait. we will go get food and then pack. we leave when dust gets off work tomorrow. we'll be in boston at 5:00 in the morning on thursday. see you all soon.

For the record

week one

just finished midterms. tomorrow scott comes to celebrate. i can not wait. this week has been really full and fun. went shopping (got a few wonderful things), studied, did the usual things...but i only talked to my honey for a few minutes a day (half an hour tops). and today none. i texted him to tell him that one week was done, and boy, was i happy.. no answer. then i called early (the time zone is a killer). no answer. i hope he is ok. he always calls at least to tell me good night or he had a good day. i know i have no reason to worry, but i do. he is thousands of miles away from me. THOUSANDS. that is hard for me.

i've set a few rules for myself since he has gone:
don't go to sleep until i am really tired. i get a lot more done, and the bed is not so lonely when i fall into it.
don't cry while i'm still on the phone. wait until i hang up. then only for three minutes. get it all out. then keep going. do what ever and power through.
no super depressing songs or news or movies.
stay busy.
more will probably come. this is only week one.

on a new tangent, i saw young at heart. it is a documentary about old people who are in a chorus in north hampton and tour the world singing everything from forever young to sonic youth. it was funny and heart warming. i just loved it. put it on your queue. it won't disappoint. i kept looking for elizabeth, shea's mom/hott mama and gamera's neighbor. she loves those sorts of things. i looked for her in the audience, not the chorus; don't get the wrong ideas.
claudia is good about making me eat dinner at the house. she made a great lentil thing with leeks and arugula and blue cheese and salad dressing. sounds weird, but it was so nice i had it twice--leftovers for lunch. that never happens. her life has also gotten golden. she had her review at work on tuesday. she was sort of nervous because those reviews never go well there. people dread them. but she had hers and got a raise and she is now full time. 40 hours. i am so happy for her. she will have great news for her family when she goes home to the wedding this weekend.
tomorrow scott, forrest, melissa and andy and i are going to suppenkuche (soup*in*coo'*kuh) where we have a reservation at 8:30 to drink beer out of boots. that is pretty much our new obsession. last year it was cynar, artichoke liquor. this year, publically drinking out of boots. this place is special--two sizes of boots. sweet. should be a night to remember (or not). no girlfriend of scott's, so it'll be just like old times. scotty and cortney will hit the town like crazy drunkards when dustin's away. oh boy.
wish me strength in many forms. missing my honey, no hangovers...it is a long weekend. i gotta get ready. :)

man

i have some good friends. since dustin left, i have been soooo busy. all thanks to some wonderful people. wednesday night, my friend, natalie, took me to a seminar where i learned that the only way to detox your body is to buy their special supplements. it took 2 hours to get to that. and thank goodness for my research class--the studies they used were not only old, but not well tested and i knew it. so i didn't buy their crap. yesterday, claudia and i went for pedicures. she got gold toes (first place) i got bronze (third place). we look good. we came home, dealt with the ant problem that was out of control, cooked dinner and watched LA Inc. today i am going into the city with melissa to go shopping. i am dressed up and ate my breakfast. while i was eating, i got to talk to little quinn about all her wedding stuff. it was nice. all in all, i know i will make this. i just don't have to like it. i haven't really talked to dust since he left. and that makes me a little sad, but i know what he is doing and that he is good. if you see him before i do, tell him i love him and miss him. i will keep you posted on the goings and doings of ol' cl. until then
have a lot of fun

almost!!

tonight is my last night of studying for a little while. no tests next week. i can not wait. i have had 14 tests in the past 9 days of school. but tomorrow is the last. i am a little fried. luckily, two friends from school have agreed to get drinks with me tomorrow night. dust says he will come. i hope it will be fun. at least we can eat and then get a few adult beverages. lord knows, we earned em. i just hope we don't all dork out and bore the socks off dust.

dust got a new grill. and uses it almost every night for a month straight. he loves that thing.
we went with shea, his step dad, wesley, and forrest to eat real southern barbeque in the city. they loved it. it really smells like memphis when you go in the restaurant. it is spectacular.
this is the german restaurant we drank beer from boots at. there is another german place that has multiple sizes of boots. this one just had large and extra large.
we saw the red sox at the Colosseum. we went back a few days later and saw some other team play the a's. with that one we got to see fireworks; you know i loved that.
random graffiti around town. it is a whole wall of this. so nice to drive by.
hope you feel like you are here.

phew

only one more test on friday and thus concludes my 12 tests in a row. seven last week and four this week. it has been a long round. i made one of three-- one hundred per cents on my diversified (a type of adjusting) midterm and the second highest grade (minus one) on the microbiology lab midterm. i am a freaking genius. it is starting to warm up. it is sunny. today this girl brought me a large white pocketbook. seems, she "can't do white." good on her, and better on me. free bag. it is big and white. but i kinda like that. we went for drinks with dustin's friend, tc, today. he works with dust. he is a pretty funny guy. it was nice to be out. i know swine flu is in our area, but i am not out enough to catch it. it is sort of depressing. i mean, i need a shot at the H1N1 virus just like anybody else, right? yup. today is dustin's grandpa's birthday. he was at work during the time to call him. so that sucks, but i know we both thought about it throughout the day. that is what counts, right? nope. dust will be gone in one week and one day. yesh? so soon. i am sick of looking to that date with such dread and ready for the whole thing to just be over. so five weeks and one day until the whole thing is done, and i have my honey back. maybe that is how the count should go. sorry to take him away from y'all, but i'm the wife. i am supposed to take him away. it is my duty. :) love to the hott mama and the screamy gamera for showing me i can be married for 9 years. we'll see. get these next five weeks over with. and then on to the next seven and a bit of married yeard (do we get to count the five we were dating?) if not nine is a long way away. i think all will be fine, though. i do love that tall one.

a few pictures to make it like you are here

oh regal little lady. how i love thee.

my little man in the bed. he sits like a man sometimes. this is where i study so he keeps the bed warm for me. pretty cute, eh.

the boys are beat. see my arm and papers. proof i study. all they do is sleep. but the tall one says the boy kitty doesn't like him. i think this photo shows differently.

we go out right. flowers, feathers, fake eyelashes. we look good. people always stop us on the bart to tell us how amazing we look. that may be a little exaggerated, but i believe that is what they mean.

really--5months

ok. if you don't check this thing, you won't know i am back. five months this thing says it has been. so i hope for your sake that my readership is down. i have been taking classes dust can't even pronounce. and most recently, i have only made a's. that is right neuromuscular physiology, microbiology, biochemistry and adjusting classes (that is right i adjust actual members of my class--and they like it)! i take my research midterm tomorrow. i have been studying all quarter and feel pretty good about it. we'll see. second time is a charm, right. this quarter is my favorite so far. i hope it just keeps getting better. school is fun, and i am learning tons that i think will be helpful in my future life. i have only like 12 classes this quarter. two less than last quarter. that makes it so good.
in 10 days dust leaves for the farm for a month. it took me a LONG time to realize that he wasn't leaving me. i was not so pumped on him going. but i am trying to realize that he needs to do this to confirm that he wants to be a farmer for eternity. he gave me that oportunity, i owe it to him. i just have never been away from him for more than two weeks since the day we met. and it was a horrible two weeks. he is my best friend, and my honey. and we don't do so well on the phone. so we'll see how it goes. i am trying to stay big about this. but i don't know how long into the month i will last. i may demand him home sooner than i care to admit.
but i do have things planned while he is away. the week after he leaves, our old roommate scott is coming to visit me. that will be fun. also claudia will be gone that weekend, so it will be cortney and scotty time. then for the two weeks after he leaves i will do a fast (the master cleanse). some people at my school have done it, and they just rave about the results. i fugure at worst, i don't have to cook for myself (i dread that almost more than sleeping alone for a month), and maybe i am healthier. or i eat the most delicious meal ( aren't they all the most delicious meals when you get done fasting?). i will catch up on girly movies that dust would never want to see, and keep the grades up. he gets back my last day of finals. then we are going to go to portland to eat all the ymmy food there. better for fasting, right. earn the feasts. and then i have volunteered with my friend, teja, to be the cake makers/ photogs for my friend, sandy's wedding. so we will make a cake and snap some shots of some lovely ladies getting married. that is june 20th (my parent's anniversary). then on the 21st (father's day), i get to go to arkansas. i have not been to arkansas in the summer since---geez, 2002. i am so excited. my dad has agreed to sit in the hot tub with me everynight while we drink fancy mixed drinks and eat ice cream. (and you guys were worried about me...) i got it good. then i will have one more week off. sort of with dust but he will be working by then. but still he will at least be home, and i can snuggle a tall one.
i think that is the preview of what is yet to come. i will try to put what has passed on here, but i might just bore you all. who knows if you even check this anymore. we'll see.
love you all

wasn't it lovely

wasn't it just the best sight in almost the history of time to see that helicopter fly away with those bush's and know they would not be back. just another reason to view texas as the armpit of america that it is.

it is also nice to see so many people really happy. i think it was nice that our new president flubbed the oath. i think it makes him appear human. he was talking in front of two million people. i would flub, for sure! you would think that supreme court justice would have helped him out. (maybe he was nominated by a republican?!) i do hope things change. we gotta work together. and also hope no loonies are out there. i've had enough.

now we drink champagne. tomorrow we get down to business.

and then

...and now let us go forth with peace to love and serve the world.

finally

finally. 8 years of hell will be over tomorrow before noon (before 9 in california). HOPEfully life will CHANGE for the better. i know i may take flack for voting for Nader, but i do hope that barak obama will change our country. lord knows we need it.

Claudia's Birthday!!!

guess who turned 25? lady claudia!! she's precious, isn't she.

we got her a little cake. we got to eat it, too. that makes it good. man, i love birthdays!



we got everyone together--in costume, of course!!dust was a douche bag. claudia was a socialite (paris hilton-esque), andy was a rocker, forrest was a gym coach, melissa was something and i was phyllis diller. do you know what we did?

we went to a bar with glorious red/gold velvet wallpaper and sang karaoke.


of course, the wolf hat came, too. (see that wallpaper) so nice!


we sang me and bobby mcghee. dust and melissa sang these boots are made for walking. i was dancing, so i didn't get a picture. sorry.


this was andy's first time to publicly do the singing. he owned ozzy too. his wig was the first thing to go. then went the beer splattered glasses. he is quite the showman!

all was over seen by this creep. the coach in the corner. his job was to drink and watch the purses. in that order. forrest got hit on by three ladies in this get up. he is amazing.

all in all i think claudia's birthday was a success. i had fun, at least. that is what counts, right? :)

we need a top twenty

i just was looking over the blog, and in mid summer i made a top 20 list of things that had happened. now while this may have been boring for you then, being that most of you lived it right along with me, maybe this one will be better. we'll see what i can come up with. keep in mind they are in no important order. they are just as my tiny brain thinks them up.
1. i spent a good three weeks off with my honey. no school, no homework. he worked only a little. that is so nice.
2. claudia and i get to spend every waking moment of almost every saturday together.
(you guys jealous yet?)
3. my parents just came for a little visit. and dustin's parents will be here next weekend.
4. i am one quarter into my school year. three more to go this year, and we'll repeat the whole quarter (4) system two more times, and then i am done.
5. there is a fluevog store just a bart ride and a bus ride away. real fluevogs at my fingertips. if only i had the funds to supply my habit.
6. i have gained a few (2) pounds from all the amazing food out here. i could eat indian food every day. i could eat mexican food most days. i could eat dessert every day.
7. andy is one of the most fun rockers we have come in contact with, and he and melissa are very close by. we get to see them a lot. they are good friends to have, but we do miss our horsicopter rockers back in vt.
8. weather is tolerable here. it doesn't get below forty in the day. rain is nonexistent (until mid january). supposed to be 60's next week. it is january. this hasn't happened in years.
9. i like my school. i like what i get to learn. i like how big chiropractic could be. i had no idea (it turns out) what i was getting into.
10. pappamingo's. a sweet little frozen yogurt place. it is my dream come true. it tastes like real yogurt (with the texture of a creamy). delish!
11. i have some amazing people watching/shopping in my 16 square mile town. both are amazing. i could easily see why people chose to come here in droves. i am happy to not be one of the crazies that inhabit my town, but maybe i can aspire to be one--if i keep working.
12. san francisco (my favorite city in the us) is just a few bart stops away. more shopping and people watching and great food...need i say more
13. we get to have shea come visit us a few times a month. he makes every body's day. he is the easiest house guest i think i have ever had. he is equally comfortable with everyone, and that is nice. i only hope he really does move here. our band (miracle baby and the no talent ass clowns) could really use him. he bangs a mean drum.
14. forrest comes over a lot. i think we are good for him, and he makes us laugh. so we all win. he throws us parties at new year's and christmas. he is always accommodating, and up for a good time. i like it.
15. the i phone. i know this is a little frivolous thing and being as expensive as it is, but that little booger has saved my day. it has a maps function. it is like a gps because it shows where you are and how to go, and where traffic is. i pretty much love it. it is smarter than me, but i am glad it is on my side.
16. the kitties are pretty happy here. they like having a whole house to maintain and play in. our house has a big window in the front where they can watch birds. we have a resident humming bird who maintains our salvia. that makes them happy. i like that.
17. christmas and new year happened. i love christmas. we got a lot of good gifts. this is the first year in years that no gift of mine was returned. i even got two pairs of fluevogs, a pair of black boots, towels, j crew gift cert ( i already got hot pink corduroy pants), candy, purple socks with unicorns...the fabulous list goes on and on.
18. gin and tonics have been the drink of choice around here. we have enjoyed a few car bombs, but mostly just the ol' standby of a cold g and t. not so bad.
19. cupcake stores. now that i have a few to chose from, i can pick my cupcake by what frosting i am hungriest for, or what part of town i am in, or if i need big or little. all of my options are staggering, huh.
20. i baked a lot over the christmas break. pound cakes, chocolate cakes, gingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, dust made biscuits, my life is good. especially with the new speakers in the kitchen. ahhhhhh.
these are all the little things i am thankful for or have done recently. my life is good. i know your head is probably spinning with all the fun i get to have. hopefully you get to have that much fun in your life. shopping, eating, crazy people watching, rocking...see life is good. now let's all work to maintain such goodness.
xoxo to all
i love you and miss you all
clangfo

grey day here in the bay

went for today i helped my parents get to the airport to go home. that always makes me sad, but to do it in the rain and fog is just a little more fitting somehow. their visit was cut short two days in the beginning because my mom fell off my aunt's horse on christmas day. so those parents of mine spent christmas night at the emergency room. it was there that they found out that their flight had been moved to 12 the next day (instead of leaving at 10am). when they got up the next morning (packed and ready), they found out that their flight was bumped up two hour (leave at 8) instead of pushed back like they were told. so they had missed the flight. and my ma was ready to puke from the pain of just taking a shower. so my dad made the executive decision to come on sunday instead of friday. i was crushed. this meant that i would pick the parents up from the airport and take them to my brother's house instead of entertaining them in my town for a few days. so i pick them up, bring them to my house to open presents, and take them to ben's. it was made better because both dust and i stayed on my brother's couch, and took a tour of his winery the next day. then we left thinking the parents would be down here on thursday afternoon, and leave friday morning. but they had a better idea. they came back wednesday (new year's eve) and played with us all day yesterday, too. it was nice. i am sure i bored them to death. since my ma couldn't walk, we spent a lot of time indoors, but it was nice to just have them here. and now they know how dust and i live. we are boring, but we have a good time watching movies and just playing around the house. we picked up a free love seat on the side of the road while they were here. my dad and i sat on it while dust and claudiaforrest's car (it has a roof rack). i think my dad got a kick out of just sitting on the side of the road (holding the couch down) while two cars pulled up obviously trying to get the couch. (we won!!) and we got a good chuckle out of just following the couch home. at times all we could see in the traffic was a floating couch, so we knew it was ok. it is just the little things, you know. i showed them my school, too, but other than that there were no big things. it is nice just to know that they know where i am, what i do, and that sort of stuff. it always makes it feel more like home when the family comes to you. now i am off to find a new back to school outfit with my jcrew gift card. i got some sweet back to school shoes from the manix's. they are my dream shoes. so i am pumped. purple and aqua mary janes from john fluevog. you know i love that. so i guess i am ready to start school on monday. of course i have to do the dishes and the laundry. get caught up on home things, but now i can go back feeling like i had a break, you know. dust started back to work today. i think it was hard, but probably harder for me than him, because i know that now i will only see him in the evenings for 10 weeks, or until his schedule changes. but it too is only temporary. and this weekend we get shea, next weekend is claudia's birthday, and the manix's come. and the next week claudia comes to vermont. so keep your eyes peeled for her! i will try to be better about blogging more regularly. i do look forward to hearing from you all--so make your new year's resolution to be in better contact with us and we will do the same. love you all. happy new year, and don't forget to celebrate festivus for the rest of us. we have mastered "feats of strength," and "airing of grievances." what do you have mastered?